Metacognitive therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A case series

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-132

  Fisher, Peter L ^a   Wells, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metacognition; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Treatment efficacy

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE; LITHIUM;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41149110199     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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